Michael is a troubled individual. Feeling different all of his life he has listened to the voices in the shadows and lived exactly as he pleased.
No pity, no regret, no concern for other people; in fact the only emotion he values is pain and there is a pain in being alive.

Fifty years after World War III, the residents of New Orleans struggle just to survive. Despite being surrounded by water, radiation and pollution have made clean drinking water hard to come by. In Water is Thicker than Blood, a woman's broken water purifier starts a chain of events that will impact everyone in the Bywater district.[9700 word novelette]

John wakes up in the woods one day. As he tries to make his way back to the civilization, he is faced with his deep-rooted fear of the woods since he can remember…
Contains strong language and scenes that might be considered disturbing.

Wendy Stroud is afraid that her mother's abusive boyfriend will hurt the members of her family. She wants him to go away forever, but she can't make him do so on her own. So she decides to ask a friend of her uncle for help. And all she has to do is recite a magic spell. This is a short story.

Running with a guilty heart that singles out some never ending fight of good and evil, a young sister dares to find the monster that shares her blood.
With the blood and kin of her past up against her, the young sister will be damned before she is dead.
Hope is raw and uncaring in this middling bizarro novella of the Catalyst and Progeny, the Laughing Maggot.

The Hunting Trip. An Encounters Short.
A man and his dog plan a hunting trip to what they think is a deserted island. What they find is a nightmare that could be hunting them. Hunting Trip is a 1,400 word short story that can be read in one sitting such as a coffee break or commute to work.

No one likes to be home alone on a cold windy night, especially Debra Myers, a nervous wreck who worries about everything and full of self loathing. Trying to get some sleep Debra battles her fear of the dark, the howling wind, and the banging door. Frustrated she gets up and lights some candles and puts on some soothing music and nestles back into bed. As she relaxes her cell phone rings, on the

As you follow Sylvia through her nightmare you find yourself reading faster and faster almost urging her to run faster to safety. Is it a nightmare? Is it really happening to her? Read on to find out what horrors lie in wait..

Reed Piraeus didn't plan on his photo excursion to the Monongahela National Forest to be anything special. One last trip before winter set in - to take some butterfly pics and make some extra money by selling them to scientific publications. But then he encountered the old Indian and the seven black panthers with the glowing emerald green eyes and things would never be the same for him again.

Chicklet, a savvy-but-homeless drug addict, is beyond running on empty tonight. The search for food and drugs has driven her into a neighborhood she's never visited before. But the residents and visions she sees there make her wonder whether she's stumbled into the famous addicts' heaven - Pukorium. It offers everything. The only question is what it demands in return.